Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-31

important railroad data and forwarde,
the same together with business
proposition as suggested. Gov. Stan
ford, Mr.. A. N. Towne and full
complement of railroad men immedi
ately came down in their special car,
and, after full investigation, became
thoroughly enthused with the pro
ject.
Negotiations were now considered
formally opened and Messrs. Geo. w
Frink and Wendell Easton went tC
San Francisco duly accredited as
agents OF the Wolfskill property and
with full power to act
After nearly ten days of daily inter.
views, Messrs. Towne, Frink and Eas-
ton joined in a.request for Mr.. Frank
Sabichi. relative of Mr.. Wolfskill, to
go to San Francisco and assist them
to adjust some disputed points.
Mr.. Sabichi, with his usual prompt
ness and great enthusiasm, joined
openly in the project, having previ-
ously been doing hard work behind
the scenes, and, after four or five days
more spent in San Francisco, Messrs.
Frink and Sabichi brought the matter
to virtual close and had the satisfac-
ton of coming back with Mr.. Towne,
his attorney-at-law, Judge McKessic,
Mr.. Curtis, superintendent of tracks,
and his reporter in their private car.
Governor Stanford had expressed
the utmost confidence in the substan-
tial growth of Los Angeles, and said
he wanted to choose site, not for five
or ten years, but for all time.
The property ceded to the Southern
Pacific company is a strip of land ly-
ing along Alameda street between
Fourth and Sixth streets, being 900
feet in length and 300 feet in width,
containing little over thirteen acres,
and worth to-day 100000.
The railroad will go into Alameda
street past Fourth street, and thence
out about Sixth street, eastward
through the Scheerer tract, to and
across the river to Mayor Workman's
tract, on which another passenger de-
pot will be located for the benefit of
Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles,
thence northerly between the river
and the bluff to intersect the present
line from Cotton with double Y, and
thereby connect with Cotton and the
Southern Transcontinenta railroad on
the east and with San Francisco to the
north.
The depot will be for passengers
only and will be an arcade, with half
a dozen or more tracks beneath that
will hold several Strains of cars at
once, similar in build, but more beau
tiful and larger than the one in Sacra-
mentO. 1t WI have a spacious din
ing-roop for the refreshment of pas
but it is agreed that there
shall be no hotel upon it. Purchasers
Of the adjacent Wolfskill property will
therefore be able to make hotel ac-
,ommodations without opposition
rom the railroad.
The railroad has agreed to surren-
Ter the use of San Pedro street, and
remove its tracks therefrom within a
certain specified time, which move
will be OF vast benefit to the VOLTS
Kill property, and to the city at large,
md the concession was made at a
arge personal pecuniary sacrifice to
Mr.. Wolfskill.
This will leave all streets clear
rom Main street to the depot, with
,ut crossing tracks, and will be of in
convenience to the city.
On the other hand Mr.. WolfslSill
md Mrs. Shepard, with the true spirit
md enterprise of citizens, and to
cave a monument to the benefit of
his fair city in honor of their father,
who here lived and died, have gem
,rously donated said land without the
of one dollar, a monu-
nent worthy of the remembrance of
he painstaking old pioneer, whose
is recognized to-day
throughout the State.
Mr.. Towne has ordered that all of
he beautiful fruit and ornamental
rees be spared except such as are
lctually in the way, that he may be
lble to provide travellers with a rest
ng place worthy of the beautiful City
If Los Angeles.
Property ON First and Second streets
las enhanced in value from forty to
fifty dollars per front foot to $3.50 and
800 per front foot. As
oon as the Atchison, To-
,eka and Santa Fe Railroad made
is new depot, and there is no doubt
)ut that this Southern Pacific Railroad
lepot will make marvellous changes in
he values of Third, Fourth, Fifth, |
Sixth and Seventh streets and soon
transform the locality into a swarming
center.
Already lands on Third and Fourth
treets, this side of San Pedro street,
ire bringing $3.50 per front foot, and
ix acres in this locality were lately
old at 500, 900, or $16, 900 per acre.
Fifth street is held at 5000 per front
oot, and Sixth and Seventh street lots
ire in demand at from 800 to $125
,er foot.
Recognizing this urgent demand the
Nolfskill property is being carefully
staked and laid out into
BUSINESS lots and will be sold at prices |
md on terms within the reach of the |
most modest purse, the object being
o get as many new owners as possible |
o build up the district.
Mrs. Shepherd, Messrs. Wolfskill |
md Sabichi and the Los Angeles Land
Bureau have in contemplation the
rection OF business blocks, and many
'ther capitalists have sent in applica-
ions for lots for the same purpose.
Wolfskill avenue, 100 feet wide, adj
oins the railroad reservation, and
very street and avenue in the tract !
eads directly to it, thus making it i
'asily accessible from all parts of
he city.
Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and
Towne streets are eighty feet wide,
md the tract has been subdivided
With the desire to make it a great bus
ness center, capable of meeting the
wants of this fast growing city.
Surrounded as it is by many of the
most important enterprises of the city,
md SO accessible from all points, it is
destined to be covered within short
,eriod with the most substantial inn